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- The first four-minute mile is usually attributed to the English athlete Roger Bannister, who ran it in 1954 at age 25, in 3:59.4.
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Blue plaque recording the first sub-four-minute mile, run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track. A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1.6 km) in four minutes or less. It translates to a speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h).
Bannister, who was running for the Amateur Athletic Association against his alma mater, Oxford University, won the mile race with a time of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds.
May 6, 2014 · Look back at the day 60 years ago when British medical student Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than 4 minutes.
On 6 May 2024, exactly seventy years after Bannister's sub-four minute mile, hundreds of runners converged in Oxford to run a mile in Bannister's honor. The event saw thousands run a "Community Mile", and several races for elite runners on the Iffley Track.
Mar 4, 2021 · Welcome to the definitive history of the 4 minute mile and beyond. Walter George. In 1886, in front of a crowd of 20,000 at Lillie Bridge in west London, WALTER GEORGE (b1858) from Wiltshire set a mile time of 4:12 ¾, which stood for 29yrs. Walter even raced in the USA against their top miler.
Mar 9, 2018 · Within a year Bannister running the first under-four-minute mile, other runners were doing the same, even though that barrier had seemed unbreakable for decades previously.
May 8, 2014 · BBC News. Roger Bannister was credited with being the first person to run a mile in under four minutes - but 18th Century runners are reported to have got there first. Why are they not recognised?...
